MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                    379

PURCHASER'S ATTORNEY.

REVISOR'S MOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 21, §10-107 of the Code. The only
changes are in style.]]}

SUBTITLE 2. EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
10-201. DEFINITIONS.

(A)   IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED UNLESS OTHERWISE APPARENT FROM
CONTEXT.

(B)   "IMPROVEMENTS" INCLUDES EVERY NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
PRIVATE DWELLING UNIT, AND FIXTURE AND STRUCTURE WHICH IS
MADE A PART OF A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PRIVATE DWELLING UNIT
AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION BY ANY BUILDING CONTRACTOR OR
SUBCONTRACTOR.

(C)    "PURCHASER" MEANS THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER OF
IMPROVED REALTY, AND THE HEIRS AND PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER.

(D)   "REALTY" INCLUDES BOTH FREEHOLD ESTATES AND
REDEEMABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATES.

(E)    "VENDOR" MEANS ANY PERSON ENGAGED IN THE
BUSINESS OF ERECTING OR OTHERWISE CREATING AN IMPROVEMENT
ON REALTY, OR TO WHOM A COMPLETED IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN
GRANTED FOR RESALE IN THE COURSE OF HIS BUSINESS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 21, §10—201 of the Code. The subsections
are rearranged to place these in alphabetical
order.

Subsection (a) is new language used as the
standard introductory sentence to a definition
section in this article; see §1-101(a) .

It is proposed that in subsection (c) "buyer"
is changed to "purchaser" and in subsection
(e) "seller" is changed to "vendor" in light
of §1-101(1) and (n).

It should be noted that in subsection (d)
"realty" as currently defined does not include
an irredeemable lease hold estate. The
General Assembly may wish to consider
appropriate corrective legislation.

In subsection (e) the present reference to
"corporation" is proposed for deletion in